On 11/02/2011 01:34 AM, Linda McLeod wrote: > How does Fedora clean its RAM..? with a RAM brush. 8-D really, what are you considering as "clean it's ram"? as in setting ram to all zeros, or do you mean when 'ram buffer' files with programs/data and a newly started program needs ram, and inactive/sleeping programs/data is dumped to swap partition? > Does the system dump what's on unused RAM?.. actually, ram is alloted. to system program areas, user program areas, system program data, user program area. > Does it wait till reboot..? yes and no. again, it is a question of how you are defining "clean it's ram". > How does it work..? pdg. ;-) some programs have buffer cleaning routines, ie, keyboard input buffer, and other such that need to start out clean. even then, as with keyboard buffer, it does not really have to be cleaned as many well written routines will either set a counter to show end of data storage, or what loads buffer will put a string of zeros at end of data. > How can the system be bumped-up to the next evolution of > RAM-processing..? define you understanding of "next evolution of RAM-processing" > Is there, or can there be, a continuous wiping-cleaner that instantly > cleans RAM the moment its thht-data is dated..? why do you feel that it is really/always necessary? -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted* **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** The installation instructions stated to install Windows 2000 or better. So I installed Linux. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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